Litterscheidt, Juri

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Liquid Cystals

From cheap, widely available materials such as primary alcohols para-substituted
2-phenylpyrimidines are synthesised which are then linked with an imidazole, by an alkyl chain.[1]
Besides the focus is on determining the adjustability of mesogenic properties by variation of the
substituents on the imidazole. The impact of mesogenic properties that the size of the ionic group
has is being investigated by a broad spectrum of measurements starting with NMR-studies and ranging
over POM and DSC to XRD-measurements. We mainly aim to get a better understanding of the
correlation of mesogenic properties and structure this way, which would help in the development of
purpose-designed ILCs.